Beginning AppleScript®

A.10. Chapter 10

A.10.1. Exercise 1 solution

-- Sliding windows

tell application "Finder"
    set newWin to make new Finder window

    repeat with i from 1 to 200
        set position of newWin to ({i * 4, 800 - i * 4} as point)
    end repeat

    close newWin
end tell

A.10.2. Exercise 2 solution

On my system, I get the following for the file reference:

1. folder "steve" of folder "Users" of startup disk of application "Finder"
   
   tell application "Finder"
       tell startup disk
           tell folder "Users"
               set fileRef to get folder "steve"
           end tell
       end tell
   end tell

2. fileRef as string

3. POSIX path of (fileRef as string)

4. fileRef as alias

A.10.3. Exercise 3 solution

1. tell application "Finder" to get size of file toDoFIleT

2. tell application "Finder" to duplicate file toDoFIle to (path to documents folder)

3. tell application "Finder" to set name of file toDoFIle to "ToDoOld.txt"

4. tell application "Finder" to delete file toDoFIle

   or

   tell application "Finder" to move file toDoFIle to trash

5. tell application "Finder"
       make new folder at home with properties {name: "ToDoFolder"}
       move file toDoFile to home
   end tell

6. tell application "Finder" to count (files of home whose name begins with "ToDo")

7. tell application "Finder" to count (files of home whose name contins "ToDo")

A.10.4. Exercise 4 solution

-- Create an Internet location file

tell application "Finder"
    make new internet location file at desktop to "p2p.wrox.com"
end tell

A.10.5. Exercise 5 solution

-- Get an email for someone in the Address Book display dialog "Enter first name:" ...